Improvement in corn-shellers



H. W. C0 RNELL.

Corn-SheIIe rs.

Patented Dec. 1,1874.

WESSES INVENTOR Attorneys.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARMON W. CORNELL, OF OWEGO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-SHELLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,380, dated December1, 1874 application filed June 9, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARMON W. CORNELL, of Owego, in the county of Tiogaand .in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Corn-Sheller and do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereonmaking a part of this specification.

My present invention is intended as an improvement upon the corn-shellerfor which Letters Patent No. 128,124 were granted to me June 18, 1872;and the nature of myinvention consists in the construction of the hingedjaws and the angular bar to which they are hinged, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of the angular bar with the jaws hingedthereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of apart of the angular bar, and Fig. 3is a section through the upper end of the jaw.

A A represent-the two toothed jaws, each provided with the arm B, asdescribed in my former patent above referred to. The upper end of eachjaw A is formed rounded, as shown, and in the same is cast awrought-iron rod, C, to project a short distance on both sides, and formjournals for the jaw. D represents the angular bar arranged across thefront part of the throat of the corn-sheller. On the outer side of thisbar, at the angle, is cast an angular projection, D, having an angulargroove, a, formed in its upper surface. Near each end of the angular barD is cast a projection, D having a groove, 1), formed in its uppersurface. These projections with their grooves form the bearings for theprojecting ends of the wrought-iron rods C C cast in the upper ends ofthe jaws A A, and said journals are held in said grooved projections bycaps E E, which are bolted on the projections, as shown. v

By this means of forming the bearings for the jaws AA there are no holesto be drilled, but everything is cast ready to he put together. Eitherone of the jaws A A may be readily detached from theangular bar D bytaking out the bolts and lifting 011' the caps without disturbing theother jaw.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the angular bar D, provided with the groovedprojections D 1) D the jaws A A, provided with the journal-rods C C, andthe separately-removable caps E E E, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this21st day of May, 1874..

H. W. CORNELL.

Witnesses:

A. N. MARE, O. L. EVERT.

